Computer lock up

[diapason]

Is anybody out there having the same problem as I am? Every time I look up the excellent Lyngs*t website, my computer goes on strike, and the processor use shoots to 100%. This just a new thing. It started by locking up only on pages containing information on the Eurobird1 satellite but now it seems not to like any of the information except the news headlines which it shows quite happily. Any ideas will be most welcome.

[BGonaSTICK]

Just checked - everything fine here on a whole range of pages.

Assuming you're using Windows/IE, it sounds like you need to do the usual - disconnect from the Internet, then clear your browser cache, delete all cookies, delete all offline content, run Ad-Aware, Spybot, Anti-Virus etc.

Then reboot your computer, start task manager and select the 'processes' tab. You should really get to know what everything is that's running, so that you can spot a rogue process if it does show up.

You need to find out what's running on your computer. If you're not sure, you can screen-print everything on that page and post it here so that I can have a quick look for you.

Also, you can click Start, Run, type 'regedit' and hit enter.

Then navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run

and see what your computer runs once it starts up. This is a common place from which nasties are started.

\Runonce is worth a check too, but once this has run, the junk has already been 'installed'.

Have a look and see what you find.

None of that will hurt anyway, but you can also check for updated video drivers for your graphics card, later versions of Flash etc too.

STICK

[diapason]

Amazingly, I solved the problem by trying Mozilla Firefox instead of IE7 and everything works perfectly. I wonder if Lyngs*at didn't like IE7 or the other way round? Mozilla seems to access pages more quickly too.

[BGonaSTICK]

That pretty much indicates to me that it was some muck in your browser cache, or cookies etc.

IE7 is fine on Lyngsat. I use IE7 and Firefox 2, but prefer Firefox.

There are some things I need to use IE7 for though

[diapason]

What WOULD we do without you??!!!

[satsid]

hi m8 yes you right here on Lyngs*,also lj is another 1.there both great sites on info,but what thay send back is a pain in the? you know.when iv posted on this before know 1 beleaved it.one day people will see what iv said.ps nice 2 see im not 1.i spy with my littel eye.i might have been out tonight but i tell the truth.
sid

[satsid]

here is a way to beat Lyngsat sending spyware.by tel sat international mag,use the soft ware from the disk with mag.amzing no spy rubbish .some of the best feedhunters i know think this is funny.but some know better.hope you take the tip.
all the best.
from
sid

[Analoguesat]

Quite why anyone would want to upgrade to IE7 at the moment baffles me.

Its only just been released - it will be full of bugs for months.

My computer wanted to load it as a update last week. It was immediately banished to the "do not bother me with this update again" section

I might possibly upgrade next summer, not before

[diapason]

I've used Mozilla Firefox for some days now and it fires up web pages much more smartly than IE6 or 7 - think I'll keep it as my default.

[BGonaSTICK]

In defence of IE7, although it has a slightly different look and feel (which takes some getting used to), I've not found anything wrong with it.

As it's a new chunk of code from the ground up, it's probably more secure than IE6 as virtually no vulnerabilities have been found in it yet. That means less for the bad guys to work on.

Also, I'm fighting a bit of a battle on Satellite Help at the moment, and guess what?

It's caused by Firefox performing some pretty naughty 'prefetching'.

When you view a thread, you may have noticed that on the right hand side, near the black buttons, are 'previous' and 'next' links. Would you believe that Firefox 'prefetches' what's on the next page automatically, just because the link says 'next'?

This is designed to speed up your browsing - by automatically getting the next page just in case you need it, and is now the default behaviour for Firefox. If you want to know how to turn it off, please ask me. It's in the preferences file.

Unfortunately, this burns up our bandwidth allocation unnecessarily, uses up your own bandwidth allocation (if you are on a capped pricing plan), causes SMF problems internally, incredibly it fills up our error logs with bogus 'Access Forbidden' error messages, and puts you at risk in terms of security.

Some small websites with tiny bandwidth limits are now banning Firefox. Also, if a webmaster were to hide a URL on their website with the link text 'next' which pointed to a heap of nasty viruses etc, you would be completely exposed whether you clicked the link or not.

Only a few people know about this right now, but a few more posts like this and the whole world will catch on.

Mozilla must turn this behaviour off by default!

STICK